Thursday, October 28, 2010

Josh Miller/ job rant/ 16 and Pregnant

Oct. 25 Josh Miller: I had hit writer's block and I'm supposed to write a script for the producer Josh Miller from Panacea Entertainment. Well, I made that my assignment. I had achieved my list of things I have to do, and JM said he will read another script of mine as long as it's not The Fighter since he already read 2 versions of it.

I then looked at what he's produced. I know he produced the TV show Mentors back in 2000. I watched that show and it was shot in Edmonton. Chad Crowchuk and Sara Lind were the stars of it. I had seen them in the TV show The Incredible Story Studio where teenagers write short stories, and it gets produced on TV. That is so cool. I'll admit, I wrote a short story and sent it in. Then the show got canceled. Yeah, well at least I did it. I was 13-15 yrs old when I saw those shows. JM also produced Story Studio.

He produced the kids show 2030 CE in 2001. I was 16 and I saw the first episode. Corey Sevier was in it, and it was set in the future. He produced Myth Quest which was similar to Mentors. In Myth Quest it was about a brother and sister (who was played by Meredith Henderson, Shirley from The Adventures of Shirley Holmes.) They travel into mythical worlds.

In Mentors, a guy and a girl bring people from the past like Anne Frank and Albert Einstein to help them with their problems.

He produced the TV movie Intern Academy about med school school students. It was a comedy. I saw a bit of it when I was channel surfing. The Edmonton actor Ron Pederson was on. He was a regular on MADtv.

Writing teachers on TV: Josh Miller produced A Total Write-off! and it's about from imdb.com: "A fast-paced and fun television series where two teams of writers match wits in a writing showdown as they compete to create short stories based on spontaneous audience suggestions." My Distilled Prose teacher Timothy Anderson won that show.

The Screenwriting teacher Geo Tackach was on that show too. I had talked to him back in Dec. 2007 and it inspired me to finish The Fighter script and I started pitching it in Jan. 2008. GT wrote a Mentors episode where they bring the painter Emily Carr.

Conclusion: So in conclusion, JM produces things with kids, teenagers, supernatural, and comedy. He also produces reality, docu-drama and TV movies. When I write, I write for myself first. If I don't want to watch it, what makes you think anyone else is going to watch it?

Bad writing: Also on 90210, there's a scene where Silver, Adrianna, and Naomi are IMing with the bad teacher Mr. Cannon and they have to trap him. They're all cowering over the laptop and acting all excited and they looked totally stupid. My sister said that 3 times during that short scene. They were acting stupid, and it was annoying. It's okay for characters to act stupid if the scene was supposed to be funny, and in this case it wasn't.

Good writing: Then the episode kind of redeems itself towards the end when Silver thinks she's got Mr. Cannon coming to her hotel room. Mr. C brings the principal and guidance counselor in to talk about S's actions because it seems like S is coming onto Mr. C.

James Edward Campell: He play Fitz on Degrassi: The Next Generation. I like his bad boy personality. I can see him playing Shawn in The Fighter. I was researching him and his character on the internet today. It did inspire me to write a scene.

Oct. 26 Job rant: I think I'm stressed out from 8 hr days of being trained. The teacher is good. I remember when I was at the grocery store, I was stressed out, but I would say the woman who trained me was good. I wasn't very good at the grocery store so that's why I quit.

It did make me think of Call Centre #4. They dismissed me after one day though I had 9 completes. They had really high expectations that I'm supposed to meet in one day. They expected you to be perfect right out of the gate, and didn't give me any warning or more training, and time to improve.

I got dismissed from this juice place after working there for 2 weeks full-time. I don't have anything bad to say about them because they gave me ample time to see if I was good at the job. They trained me and they decided I wasn't good. That's fine.

Actors: Last night I was watching Lie to Me and Tricia Helfer guest- starred. She played an interesting/ grey character. Not good, but not bad. You think the biggest guest- star is often the one who did it.

On Gossip Girl, they managed to get two big stars. Tim Gunn from Project Runway played himself, and Ivanka Trump (daughter of Donald Trump) played herself. The characters on the show were both doing something for their careers so that's why the real people are here. That's good to show the characters working instead of scheming against each other.

Saying: I was at B Sweet, that candy store at West Ed. They sell buttons and magnets. One of them said: "Recession is for quitters."

I liked the button that said "Fighter" and then you turn it upside down, and it says "Lover." It reminded me of my script.

16 and Pregnant: There was a new episode of this show and I had to watch it. It was about Brooke who's in Texas. I actually liked her. Her mom was a teen mom, and her mom, and her mom before her all got married young. Brooke got pregnant, was engaged with her boyfriend Cody for 2 months and got married at 16.

Surprisingly, I actually liked this girl and her family. Let's start off with her boyfriend Cody. He wasn't very smart, because he failed this test 4 times and he needed to pass it in order to graduate out of high school early. He did pass it the 5th time, and B said: "I breathed a sigh of relief." Me too.

C has a job at a grocery store and he takes care of the baby in the day, and he works at night. Then B goes to school in the day, and takes care of the baby at night. They share responsibility of the baby, and the guy isn't a total jerk like most guys on this show are. He is a nice guy, husband, and dad.

They named their kid a normal name Brody which is combination of their names Brooke and Cody. Brooke's mom was supportive and let them stay in their home. They don't pay rent, but they clean the house. They save money, go to school, and work. Good for them.

Brooke did cry at the end of her show saying it's really hard. At least her family and friends are supportive of her and they're taking responsibility of their baby instead of leaving it to their mom to raise it.

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